Ben Franklins purpose of writing The Poor Richards Almanac is to come up with moral perfection through this project, so he came up with moral virtues well thirteen of them. The thirteen virtues are:
1. temperance
2. silence
3. order
4. resolution
5. frugality
6. industry
7. sincerity
8. justice
9. moderation
10. cleanliness
11. tranquility
12. chastity
13. Humility
to read more about the virtues pick up a copy of the Adventures In American Literature at a library or classroom near you. :-)